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Experiment No: 1 Creation of Account in GitHub and installing steps for git

Aim: Understand and install git locally .Creation of account on Github

Objectives:
1.Understand Git Repository
2.Understand Version control

Theory:
What Is Version Control?
Version control helps developers track and manage changes to a software project’s code. As a
software project grows, version control becomes essential. Take WordPress…

At this point, WordPress is a pretty big project. If a core developer wanted to work on one specific
part of the WordPress codebase, it wouldn’t be safe or efficient to have them directly edit the
“official” source code.

What Is Git?
Git is a specific open-source version control system created by Linus Torvalds in 2005.
Specifically, Git is a distributed version control system, which means that the entire codebase
and history is available on every developer’s computer, which allows for easy branching and
merging.

Instead, version control lets developers safely work through branching and merging.
With branching, a developer duplicates part of the source code (called the repository). The
developer can then safely make changes to that part of the code without affecting the rest of the
project.
Then, once the developer gets his or her part of the code working properly, he or she can merge that
code back into the main source code to make it official.

To understand GitHub, you must first have an understanding of Git. Git is an open-source version
control system that was started by Linus Torvalds—the same person who created Linux. Git is
similar to other version control systems—Subversion, CVS, and Mercurial to name a few.

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So, Git is a version control system, but what does that mean? When developers create something
(an app, for example), they make constant changes to the code, releasing new versions up to and
after the first official (non-beta) release.

Version control systems keep these revisions straight, storing the modifications in a central
repository. This allows developers to easily collaborate, as they can download a new version of
the software, make changes, and upload the newest revision. Every developer can see these new
changes, download them, and contribute.

Similarly, people who have nothing to do with the development of a project can still download the
files and use them. Most Linux users should be familiar with this process, as using Git, Subversion,
or some other similar method is pretty common for downloading needed files—especially in
preparation for compiling a program from source code (a rather common practice for Linux geeks).

Git is the preferred version control system of most developers, since it has multiple advantages
over the other systems available. It stores file changes more efficiently and ensures file integrity
better.

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Conclusion :In this experiment we had understood GIT, Created account , and installation of it
on local machine

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